3.5 stars

This has a lot of potential, and I think, with a few key changes, could honestly have been flawless. The tongue-in-cheek parallels to real-life sexist comments thrown at people on their periods is very on-the-nose and super amusing (if a little too real, if you think about it too much) and there's a lot of symbolism at play here, plus the art is adorable and colorful and everything I want from a graphic novel's art style.

That said, as some other reviewers have pointed out before me, it's an extremely cis-centered take on things... and the entire 4th issue (so, 1/4 of this volume) is nothing but fake advertisements, which would've been really fun sprinkled throughout here and there, one or two at a time, but quickly became overkill in this instance.

I'll definitely continue the series, but it sadly wasn't a perfect first volume for me.